Eleanor Ellen McGarry

Brief Life History of Eleanor Ellen

When Eleanor Ellen McGarry was born on 19 October 1836, in Markham Village, York, Ontario, Canada, her father, Charles James McGary, was 28 and her mother, Charlotte Elizabeth Earl, was 20. She married Cacey Potter Bowen Sr. on 25 July 1851, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 10 daughters. She lived in Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah, United States in 1870 and Deweyville, Box Elder, Utah, United States in 1880. She died on 9 October 1890, in Beaver Dam, Box Elder, Utah, United States, at the age of 53, and was buried in Deweyville Cemetery, Deweyville, Box Elder, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Cacey Potter Bowen Sr.
1830–1902
Eleanor Ellen McGarry
1836–1890
Marriage: 25 July 1851
Charlotte Elizabeth Bowen
1852–1946
Cynthia Ellen Bowen
1854–1932
Sarah Zelphia Bowen
1856–1927
Cacey Potter Bowen Jr
1858–1942
Melissa Jane Bowen
1860–1955
Charles McGarry Bowen Sr
1863–1947
Lillian May Bowen
1865–1927
Rhoda Belle Bowen
1867–1962
Mary Ann Bowen
1870–
Louisa Bowen
1872–
William Orson Bowen
1874–1887
Nellie Myrtle Bowen
1877–1958
Edith Ivah Bowen
1878–1972

Sources (60)

  • Ellen Bowen in household of Cacy P Bowen, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Eleanor McGarey, "United States Western States Marriage Index"
  • Utah, U.S., Death and Military Death Certificates, 1904-1961

World Events (8)

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1850

Historical Boundaries: 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Weber, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Weber, Utah, United States

1851 · Brigham City is Settled

In 1851, Brigham City is settled and named after Brigham Young.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: Irish Kieran, Brendan, Eamon, James Patrick, Mairead, Sean Patrick.

Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mag Fhearadhaigh ‘son of Fhearadhach’, a personal name meaning ‘manly, brave’ (from fear ‘man’). The name was originally pronounced as three syllables, as in the variant McGarraghy.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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BIOGRAPHY OF ELEANOR ELLEN McGARY BOWEN

Eleanor Ellen McGary was born on 19 October 1836 in Markham, York, Ontario, Canada to Charles James and Charlotte Elizabeth Earl McGary. She was the third of seven children, four girls and three boys. …

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